INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, July 28
The government has issued National Census Operation and Management Order-2019 as part of preparation for upcoming census,
scheduled to be held in 2021
The government conducts census every 10 years.
NCOMO published by the National Planning Commission in the Nepal Gazette on July 20
stated that its aim was to conduct the national census in a contemporary, reliable and systematic manner, in coordination with the federal,
provincial and local levels as well as other organisations for collecting, processing, analysis, publication and distribution of data
related to individuals and households across the country
NCOMO is consistent with the federal structure of the country.
According to NCOMO, the national census shall be conducted by the Central
It shall be the duty of the federal, provincial and local levels, and all persons and organisations to cooperate with the census programme
The CBS may establish census offices at the provincial, district and local levels as per its needs
&One or more census offices may be established in a district or local level depending on its geography and population density,& it
stated.
The CBS shall prepare household listing and questionnaires and submit those to the 13-member Steering Committee headed by the NPC
vice-chairperson.
&The Steering Committee may form a technical committee for conducting necessary examination and providing its opinion on
questionnaires,& NCOMO read.
The Steering Committee shall give final touch to the questionnaires by considering opinions and suggestions
provided by the technical committee.
The CBS shall use the questionnaires for national census, only upon their publication in the Nepal
Gazette after obtaining approval from the government
Data shall be collected from each household by conducting direct interview as per the approved questionnaires.
The CBS may authorise the
concerned enumerators deployed in the field to use paper-based questionnaire or tablet/laptop or both, for data collection.
Personal details
of employees working in Nepali missions abroad shall be collected through e-census
The CBS shall designate officer-level civil servants as the chief of provincial, district and local level census office
NCOMO also envisaged the provision of a coordination committee at the provincial, district and local levels to facilitate the concerned
census offices in holding census in their areas.
The CBS may request the employees working in the federal, provincial and local governments
to mobilise adequate human resource during national census.
&The CBS shall hire persons meeting prescribed qualifications as enumerators and
supervisors for door-to-door data collection and supervision
For this purpose, a public vacancy notice shall be published with a deadline of 10 days for submission of applications
If adequate number of enumerators and supervisions could not be hired through the public notice, the CBS may depute the government employees
for data collection and supervision,& it read.
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